Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

J. HUDSON.

HAME FASTENER. No. 271,247. Patented Jan.30,1883,

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JOHN HUDSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HAM E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,247, datedJanuary 30, 1883. Application filed October 17, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN 'HUDSON, of Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hame-Fasteners; and I declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, Tlferencc being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

,My invention consists of, the contrivances and combinations of the parts hereinafter specified,and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of a hemefasten er embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents the same with a strap in position and a buckle secured in place by the strap. Fig.

4 is a variation in which the loop for the end of the strap is dispensed with and the device adapted for use upon the end of a strap.

It is the object of this invention to make a heme-fastener which shall hold one end of the hame-strap and retain an ordinary buckle forthe other end of the strap, and which shall at the same time form a secure fastening for the loop of one of the hames and shorten the length of the strap, and all without the use of rivets and without the necessity of sewing.

in carrying out my invention, A represents the side bars of my hams-fastener.

B is a hook formed at one end to engage with one of the hams-loops. O is a cross-bar at the opposite end. 0 is another cross bar, preferably recessed for the tongue of the buckle at c, and at 0 provided with a teat for engaging a hole in the strap. 0 is an elevated cross-bar, which lifts the strap at this point so as to make it engage snugly with the teat c and also to insure a secure fastening of the heme-loop in the hook B. (J is another cross-bar, which serves the place of a front loop for the free end of the strap D.

E is a buckle of the ordinary kind.

The operation of the device is apparent from the drawings. The loop F, which is attached to one of the hames, is engaged with the hook B. The end (I of the strap is then turned in, as shown, thus keying the device securely against 1 have described this device as a hame-fast-- ener. It is apparent, however, that it is equally well adapted in many other locations upon a harness or in other apparatus. I would therefore have it understood thatl do not limit myself in its employment to hames, though it is well adapted for that purpose. So, also, the feature of looking or keying the device to a ring or loop by booking the loop into the hook and then turning in the end of the strap is important, whether the front cross-bar is or is not employed,and with or withoutthe buckleas, for instance, in the device shown in Fig. 4 both the front loop and the buckle are dispensed with-the device being adapted for connection with the end of a strap, and may e employ ed, for instance, in fastening a hitching-strap to the bit-ring, or may be used instead of a snap in securing the holdback to the breeching-ring.

What I therefore claim isl. A fastener for hames and other articles, composed of the side bars, A,having at the front end the hook B and cross-bar 0 forming a front loop, a cross-bar, 0, between the hook and rear bar, provided with a stationary projecting teat, 0 to engage a hole in a strap, and an elevated cross-bar, C in front of the teat for lifting the strap and insuring its engagement with the teat, substantially as described. 2. .A fastener for hames and other. articles, consisting of the sidebars, A, having the front loop, 0 and hook B, the cross-bar U at the rear end, the cross-bar 0, provided with the stationary projecting teat c and recess 0, and the elevated cross-bar O arrangedin front of the said teat, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HUDSON. Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, WILLIAM F0121). 

